Notes
Signed a free agent contract with the New York Yankees organization in July 2022 ...Played one season at UCLA and four seasons at UC Irvine over a five-year collegiate career ... Played all 64 games in the 2022 season for the Bruins, serving as the team's primary first baseman and slashing .296/.430/.371.
Career Highlights
2022 Pac-12 All-Conference Team
2019 All-Big West Second Team
2022 (UCLA)
Appeared in all 64 games for UCLA, starting 62 ... Slashed .296/.430/.371 over 240 at-bats with 43 runs, 71 hits, 10 doubles, one triple, two home runs, 40 RBIs, 42 walks, 16 HBPs, three sac bunts, and five stolen bases ... One of just two Bruins (Ethan Gourson) to appear in every game ... Finished second on the team behind Gourson in OBP, walks, and HBP ... Named to the Pac-12 All-Conference Team ... League-wide, ranked third in HBP and ninth in walks .. Made 27 productive outs, most on the team ... Was succesful with two outs; his 19 two-out RBIs paced the team while his .350 average (28-80) ranked second ... Led UCLA in batting (.345) and on-base percentage (.468) in Pac-12 play ... One of two Bruin regulars with more walks than strikeouts ... Hit .318 in home games, tops on the team ... Slashed .327/.417/.481 in midweek games ... Was primarily the two-hole hitter in the lineup (41 starts there, no other Bruin had more than six), but he appeared in every spot except third and ninth ... Reached base in 41 consecutive starts between Mar. 5 and May 19, by far the longest streak of any Bruin in 2022 ...Alongside Kenny Oyama, became UCLA's first-ever grad transfers under head coach John Savage (since 2004) ... Had a pair of eight-game hitting streaks over the course of the year ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for spring quarter.
UC Irvine (2018-21)
Slashed .307/.446/.380over a four-year career at UC Irvine ... Appeared in 145 games with the Anteaters, starting 135 ... Had an OBP of .430 or higher in all four of his seasons at UCI ... Was an All-Big West Second Team pick in 2019, and an honorable mention in 2021.
2021 (UCI)
Appeared in 36 games during his senior season, starting 33 ... Slashed .288/.430/.415 with 24 runs, 34 hits, 8 doubles, 2 triples, 1 home run, 13 RBIs, and 22 walks ... Had hits in 13 of 14 games between Feb. 27 and Apr. 30 ... Had 10 multi-hit games, including three consecutive against UC Santa Barbara from May 7-9 ... Went 2-3, reached base three times, and scored a season-high 3 runs on Apr. 16 against Cal Poly ... Was an honorable mention on the 2021 Big West All-Conference Team.
2020 (UCI)
Started all 15 of UCI's games during the COVID-shortened 2020 season ... Slashed .368/.479/.456, all career highs ... Reached base in every game ... Led team in a number of statistics including batting average, hits (21), doubles (5), runs (14), and walks (10).
2019 (UCI)
Appeared in 43 games, starting 41 ... Slashed .307/.460/.359 with 43 runs, 47 hits, 5 doubles, and 22 RBIs ... Named to the All-Big West Second Team ... Hit his first collegiate home run on Apr. 14 against UC Santa Barbara ... Had 12 multi-hit games ... Played in the Cape Cod League with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox during the summer.
2018 (UCI)
Appeared in 51 games, starting 46 ... Slashed .298/.430/.340 with 42 hits, 36 runs, 6 doubles, and 17 RBIs ... Ranked second on the team in both OBP and runs scored.
High School
Played high school baseball at El Segundo High School ... Hit .548 during his senior year en route to CIF Player of the Year honors ... Was also an all-state and all-region pick as a senior ... Three-time All-CIF and four-time all-league ... Won the league championship in all four of his seasons with El Segundo ... Was also a quarterback on the El Segundo HS football team.
Personal
Parents are Brett and Tina ... Has four siblings: Melanie, Grant, Linnea, and twin brother Josh ... His parents and three of his siblings were student-athletes at the collegiate level: Brett (volleyball, El Camino College), Tina (volleyball, El Camino College), Melanie (volleyball, College of Idaho), Grant (baseball, UC Irvine), Josh (golf, College of Idaho).
